Honey Apple And Nectarine Tart With Whipped Mascarpone Recipes

HONEY APPLE AND NECTARINE TART WITH WHIPPED MASCARPONE

Steps:

• Line 1 large baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the sheet of puff pastry on a floured surface and cut into 4 even squares. Separate the squares and leave some room between them on the baking sheet. Create a border around the inside of each square by scoring about 1/2-inch around the inside the square. Prick the dough inside the small square. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day.
• Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
• On each pastry square, overlap slices of apple and nectarine, within the border.
• Brush fruit on each tart, with melted butter and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
• Bake tarts until pastry is golden and apples are tender, about 20 minutes. Drizzle each tart with 1 teaspoon honey. Transfer tarts to racks; cool 5 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• While tarts are cooling, whisk mascarpone with orange liqueur. Top each cooled tart with a dollop of flavored mascarpone.

NECTARINE ROSE TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a muffin pan with 12 cavities with nonstick spray.
• In a medium bowl, toss the sliced nectarines, lemon juice and almond extract if using to combine. In a medium pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the sugar and cinnamon and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour the syrup over the nectarines and toss gently a few times to combine. The heat of the syrup should soften the fruit slightly.
• Using flour if necessary, roll out the puff pastry sheets to a 9-by-12-inch rectangle. Cut across the 9-inch side, cutting the dough into six pieces, each 12 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches wide.
• Arrange about 10 slices of nectarine along one of the long edges of the dough. Overlap each piece of fruit as you lay them down. Gently fold the excess dough below it up to encase the base of the fruit slices.
• Starting from one of the shorter ends, gently roll up the dough and fruit into a spiral and place it, with the skins of the fruit facing up, into the prepared muffin pan.
• Bake until the crust is deeply golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes inside the pan, then use a small offset spatula to remove the tarts to a cooling rack.
• In a small pot, heat the jam over medium heat until it is soft and fluid. Use a pastry brush to generously brush the surface of each tart.